The Member of Parliament for Ofoase-Ayirebi, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, is asking government to account for its existing economic programmes before introducing a new one.
He argues that while Finance Minister, Dr. Cassiel Ato Baah Forson, has in recent weeks been introducing what he calls the “New Economy” to industry and the banks, government must first report on the programmes it earlier promised the citizenry.
In a write-up in reaction to the Minister’s engagements ahead of the 2027 Budget, Oppong Nkrumah said he agrees with the goal of producing more of what Ghana consumes, but the administration is moving on to a new promise without showing results for the old ones.
“The difficulty is that this administration came to office with a string of programmes it said would deliver exactly this, and almost none of them can show results,” he stated, adding that rather than finish what it started, “the government is now moving on to a new promise.”
Oppong Nkrumah said the 24-Hour Economy was presented as the heart of the NDC’s economic plan and promised 1.7 million decent jobs by the end of 2028, with GH¢110 million allocated for 2026.
The lawmaker said when he asked in July what the programme had achieved, the Secretariat pointed to 268 filling stations and 33 manufacturers operating in shifts.
“Anyone who has bought fuel at midnight in Accra or Kumasi knows those filling stations were open long before this government arrived,” he said.
On the Women’s Development Bank, he said almost two years on, it had not lent a single cedi despite GH¢51.3 million allocated in 2025 and several hundred million more in 2026.
He said the Minister told Parliament in July 2026 that GH¢400 million had been deposited at the Bank of Ghana as capital, while the company was only incorporated in January 2026 and was still waiting for a banking licence.
He also questioned the One Million Coders Programme, which promised to train a million youth over four years, with 300,000 targeted for 2026, noting that by the mid-year review government reported 140,000 registrations, 40,000 enrolments and about 28,000 completions of at least one module.
On Feed Ghana’s poultry component, Nkoko Nkitinkiti, he recalled that the Agriculture Minister told Parliament’s Assurances Committee in July that some beneficiaries had eaten the birds instead of rearing them.
He said the Poultry Farmers Association called the first phase an “abysmal failure.”
Oppong Nkrumah urged government to publish a register of 24-Hour Economy jobs that can be checked against payroll and SSNIT records, give Parliament a firm date for the Women’s Development Bank to start lending, and commission an independent audit of Nkoko Nkitinkiti beneficiaries.
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